Feminist Theories and Feminist Psychotherapies
Subtitle: Origins, Themes, and Diversity (Haworth Innovations in Feminist Studies) (Haworth Innovations in Feminist Studies)
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9780789018076
Subjects: Psychotherapy; Sociology; Psychology; Social Science; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Psychotherapy - General; Feminist therapy; Feminist theory
First sentence: A carefully articulated and coherent theoretical grounding in feminist theory provides support for purposeful and ethical feminist practice.
Description: "Feminist Theories and Feminist Psychotherapies: origins, Themes, and Diversity, Second Edition examines major feminist theoretical perspectives and links them to practical applications of feminist therapy. This new edition contains numerous improvements to further you research, such as updated chapters that reflect continuing work in the field; substantial reworking and expansion of the theories regarding women-of-color feminisms and therapy; and the addition of new chapters on global and postmodern feminisms, lesbian theory, and third-wave feminisms. Every chapter has been augmented with new references, and the sections on feminist therapy have been expanded to include developments in the years since the first edition's publication."--BOOK JACKET.